Effective head gestures for museum guide robot in interaction with humans

研究代表者[出版社版]総務省戦略的情報通信研究開発推進制度(SCOPE) 特定領域重点型研究開発 次世代ヒューマンインタフェース・コンテンツ技術 視覚情報に基づく人間とロボットの対面およびネットワークコミュニケーション(051303007) 平成17年度〜平成19年度 総務省戦略的情報通信研究開発推進制度(SCOPE) 研究成果報告書(平成20年3月) 研究代表者 久野 義徳(埼玉大学大学院理工学研究科 教授)より転載We are currently working on a museum guide robot with an emphasis on “friendly” human-robot interaction as displayed through nonverbal behaviors. In this paper, we focus on head gestures during explanations of exhibits. The outline of our research is as follows. We first examined human head gestures through an experimental, sociological approach, and have discovered the ways human guides coordinate their head movement along with their talk when explaining exhibits. Second, we developed a robot system based on these findings. Third, we evaluated human-robot interaction, again using an experimental, sociological approach, and then modified the robot based on the results. Our experimental results suggest that robot head turning may lead to heightened engagement of museum visitors